February 1974 general election
West Midlands: February 1974 general election results
How West Midlands voted at the February 1974 general election: Labour won 33 of 56 seats with 43.1% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 33 | +9 | 1,216,672 | 43.1% | −1.9 | |
| Conservative | 23 | −7 | 1,153,825 | 40.9% | −9.7 | |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 421,907 | 14.9% | +10.8 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 32,350 | 1.2% | +0.8 |
Change compared with the 1970 general election in West Midlands.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldridge-Brownhills | Lab | 366 | 0.7 | 83.2% | |
| Birmingham Edgbaston | Con | 5,920 | 12.3 | 69.4% | |
| Birmingham Erdington | Lab | 6,928 | 14.7 | 72.3% | |
| Birmingham Hall Green | Con | 6,244 | 12.9 | 72.6% | |
| Birmingham Handsworth | Lab | 1,623 | 4.9 | 72.4% | |
| Birmingham Ladywood | Lab | 8,962 | 34.7 | 64.2% | |
| Birmingham Northfield | Lab | 8,529 | 15.1 | 73.5% | |
| Birmingham Perry Barr | Lab | 2,023 | 5.0 | 78.3% | |
| Birmingham Selly Oak | Con | 2,882 | 6.2 | 74.2% | |
| Birmingham Small Heath | Lab | 11,878 | 35.3 | 66.0% | |
| Birmingham Sparkbrook | Lab | 7,405 | 22.8 | 65.8% | |
| Birmingham Stechford | Lab | 10,232 | 22.9 | 72.1% | |
| Birmingham Yardley | Lab | 1,947 | 4.2 | 78.7% | |
| Bromsgrove and Redditch | Con | 3,589 | 4.9 | 84.3% | |
| Burton | Con | 3,303 | 6.2 | 79.5% | |
| Cannock | Lab | 11,064 | 23.9 | 82.7% | |
| Coventry North East | Lab | 15,427 | 32.3 | 75.5% | |
| Coventry North West | Lab | 6,658 | 17.0 | 79.8% | |
| Coventry South East | Lab | 10,751 | 28.2 | 75.5% | |
| Coventry South West | Lab | 513 | 0.9 | 84.1% | |
| Dudley East | Lab | 11,622 | 26.9 | 72.1% | |
| Dudley West | Lab | 4,669 | 7.8 | 80.3% | |
| Halesowen and Stourbridge | Con | 4,049 | 6.1 | 81.4% | |
| Hereford | Con | 3,438 | 7.6 | 78.9% | |
| Kidderminster | Con | 8,685 | 13.6 | 81.2% | |
| Leek | Con | 5,732 | 8.3 | 83.1% | |
| Leominster | Con | 1,619 | 4.6 | 80.1% | |
| Lichfield and Tamworth | Con | 1,807 | 2.5 | 82.8% | |
| Ludlow | Con | 7,987 | 20.8 | 79.5% | |
| Meriden | Lab | 4,485 | 5.9 | 79.5% | |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | 5,648 | 9.3 | 84.1% | |
| Nuneaton | Lab | 17,493 | 27.5 | 82.4% | |
| Oswestry | Con | 7,010 | 16.1 | 77.9% | |
| Rugby | Lab | 6,154 | 12.1 | 86.2% | |
| Shrewsbury | Con | 6,181 | 13.0 | 79.8% | |
| Solihull | Con | 17,363 | 27.0 | 81.3% | |
| Stafford and Stone | Con | 8,983 | 14.0 | 82.3% | |
| Staffordshire South West | Con | 9,758 | 20.0 | 80.7% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | 11,748 | 27.6 | 70.2% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab | 12,459 | 28.4 | 74.0% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | 15,669 | 28.1 | 77.4% | |
| Stratford-on-Avon | Con | 13,221 | 22.7 | 81.6% | |
| Sutton Coldfield | Con | 13,426 | 27.2 | 82.3% | |
| The Wrekin | Lab | 6,521 | 9.8 | 80.8% | |
| Walsall North | Lab | 14,704 | 28.8 | 72.1% | |
| Walsall South | Lab | 1,580 | 3.4 | 78.3% | |
| Warley East | Lab | 7,571 | 18.0 | 73.6% | |
| Warley West | Lab | 14,624 | 33.9 | 71.0% | |
| Warwick and Leamington | Con | 11,293 | 17.8 | 81.6% | |
| West Bromwich East | Lab | 5,209 | 12.6 | 71.9% | |
| West Bromwich West | Lab | 13,431 | 33.7 | 67.5% | |
| Wolverhampton North East | Lab | 12,617 | 26.0 | 70.5% | |
| Wolverhampton South East | Lab | 10,905 | 27.5 | 72.2% | |
| Wolverhampton South West | Con | 6,901 | 13.7 | 79.6% | |
| Worcester | Con | 7,467 | 12.4 | 81.0% | |
| Worcestershire South | Con | 7,165 | 12.0 | 81.8% |
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Questions and answers
Who won in West Midlands at the February 1974 general election?
Labour won 33 of the 56 seats in West Midlands, with 43.1% of the vote.
How many seats were there in West Midlands in February 1974?
56 constituencies.
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